Being a Stranger

Yesterday Adelais and I were on a walk - she was in a front carrier facing out - to see the world. We walked by a playground where a number of younger children were playing. Many of them rushed to the fence to see Adelais - they wanted to know her name, how old she was and if she had a sister. At one point one of they boys stopped, looked at me with some intent and asked, "Are you a stranger?" Well, I guess at that moment, to those children, I was...